We Like Skirts

I’ve made lots of simple little girls skirts now. The tiered one originally posted by 3 Peas, now by Kuky Ideas, is a regular here, Chez La Flamme. I don’t think I ever posted this fairy one, which was probably the first:

Of course, being in Hawaii, we branched out to a hula skirt as well, with a very tedious three rows of elastic (NOT the celophane grass and coconut bra type):

(You’re ignoring the wrinkles on all these, right?)

Recently, I found that I had amassed large enough pieces of fabric to actually make clothes. I had bought a pretty yellow Alexander Henry print to make a blouse for me, but it was the wrong color (fodder for another post), and then Tia sent me a bunch of Kaffe Fasset prints. It was a perfect combination to try another ruffle skirt tutorial, this time from Grand Revival:

Again, with some extra trim. If I do this one again (and I probably will). I will add a few inches to the length of all the strips. As it was, I did not use the measurements from the tutorial, but larger ones for a size 7 from the magazine article she posted to her Flickr account. Still, unless your girl is stick thin, I’d add a little more room for twirling.

I apologize for the slight interruption in access to the website, everyone. And for the odd error messages some of you may have seen. From 13 time zones away, I was upgrading the software that makes this whole thing work, and it a) went slowly because I have the worst internet connection on the planet, and 2) there were some snags. There may be an error here and there, but all should — should — be better now. Sorry for the problems.

cute skirts – my favorite one is the hula skirt your daughter is dancing in. she’s a cutie pie. my mom made all sorts of cute little dresses when I was small but I wanted no part of it once I hit first grade. jeans jeans jeans.

Dear Kristin,
I’m still following your antics! 🙂 I’m happy you’re feeling settled enough to start sewing regularly again. I know that every time I feel unsettled and can’t really get down to sewing, I always feel a great sense of relief when that ends. I noticed in this days pictures that daughter is really starting to look a lot like her mom. Isn’t that nice? She’s such a cutie…rita

Dear Kristin,
I’m still following your antics with periodic catch-up visits! 🙂 I’m happy you’re feeling settled enough to start sewing regularly again. I know that every time I feel unsettled and can’t really get down to sewing, I always feel a great sense of relief when that ends. I noticed in this days pictures that daughter is really starting to look a lot like her mom. Isn’t that nice? She’s such a cutie…rita